| | 1499 - Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) |
| | 1524 - Albrecht Giese IV, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) |
| | 1609 - John Suckling, English poet (d. 1642) |
| | 1685 - Aaron Hill, English writer (d. 1750) |
| | 1783 - Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873) |
| | 1785 - Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (d. 1936) |
| | 1795 - Ary Scheffer, French painter (d. 1858) |
| | 1846 - Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (d. 1919) |
| | 1846 - Ira Remsen, American chemist (d. 1927) |
| | 1887 - John Franklin Enders, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1985) |
| | 1890 - Boris Pasternak, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1960) |
| | 1892 - Alan Hale Sr., American actor (d. 1950) |
| | 1893 - Jimmy Durante, American actor/comedian (d. 1980) |
| | 1893 - Bill Tilden, American tennis player (d. 1953) |
| | 1894 - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1986) |
| | 1897 - Judith Anderson, Australian actress (d. 1992) |
| | 1898 - Bertolt Brecht, German author (d. 1956) |
| | 1901 - Stella Adler, American actress (d. 1992) |
| | 1902 - Walter Houser Brattain, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987) |
| | 1904 - John Farrow, American film director (d. 1963) |
| | 1906 - Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973) |
| | 1906 - Erik Rhodes, American actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1910 - Georges Pire, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969) |
| | 1914 - Larry Adler, American musician (d. 2001) |
| | 1920 - Alex Comfort, physician and writer (d. 2000) |
| | 1926 - Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1993) |
| | 1927 - Leontyne Price, American soprano |
| | 1929 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (d. 2004) |
| | 1930 - Robert Wagner, American actor |
| | 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author (d. 1989) |
| | 1933 - Richard Schickel, American film critic |
| | 1934 - Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet |
| | 1939 - Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada |
| | 1939 - Roberta Flack, American singer |
| | 1941 - Michael Apted, British director |
| | 1944 - Peter Allen, Australian singer and actor (d. 1992) |
| | 1944 - Rufus Reid, American musician |
| | 1944 - Frank Keating, American politician |
| | 1944 - Vernor Vinge, American novelist |
| | 1947 - Louise Arbour, Canadian judge |
| | 1948 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994) |
| | 1949 - Maxime Le Forestier, French singer |
| | 1949 - Harold Sylvester, American actor |
| | 1950 - Mark Spitz, American swimmer |
| | 1951 - Roxanne Pulitzer, American model |
| | 1951 - Robert Iger, President/CEO of The Walt Disney Company |
| | 1954 - Larry McWilliams, baseball player |
| | 1955 - Greg Norman, Australian golfer |
| | 1955 - James Cramer, American Television personality |
| | 1959 - Dennis Gentry, American Football Player |
| | 1960 - Robert Addie, British actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1961 - Alexander Payne, American film director |
| | 1961 - George Stephanopoulos, American political commentator |
| | 1962 - Cliff Burton, American musician (d. 1986) |
| | 1962 - Bobby Czyz, American boxer |
| | 1963 - Lenny Dykstra, baseball player |
| | 1964 - Glenn Beck, Radio and Television host |
| | 1967 - Jacky Durand, French cyclist |
| | 1968 - Atika Suri, Indonesian television newscaster |
| | 1969 - Joe Mangrum, American artist |
| | 1970 - Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer |
| | 1970 - Alberto Castillo, baseball player |
| | 1971 - Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler |
| | 1971 - Louie Spicolli, American wrestler |
| | 1974 - Ty Law, American football player |
| | 1975 - Amber Frey, American witness |
| | 1976 - Lance Berkman, baseball player |
| | 1977 - Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer |
| | 1978 - Lorna Bailey, English ceramic designer |
| | 1978 - Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer |
| | 1979 - Daryl Palumbo, American musician |
| | 1979 - Ross Powers, American snowboarder |
| | 1980 - César Izturis, baseball player |
| | 1980 - Steve Tully, English footballer |
| | 1981 - Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer |
| | 1981 - The Reverend Tholomew Plague, American musician |
| | 1981 - Andy Johnson, English Footballer |
| | 1982 - Justin Gatlin, American sprinter |
| | 1984 - Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress |
| | 1985 - Anette Sagen, Norwegian ski jumper |
| | 1991 - Emma Roberts, American actress |
| | 1994 - Makenzie Vega, American actress |
| | 1997 - Chloe Moretz, American actress |